Shelters for Women in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The severe drought that hit Amkeni village left people dependent on a relief food from a local church and an international non-governmental organisation. However bad roads made it difficult from relief supplies to reach the community. To add insult to injury Amkeni villages , who were small scale farmers stopped irrigating their small farms after their only water source was diverted to a 23 kilometers " development project" in the city. The Amkeni me had received sympathy votes in a by elections that followed his fathers death after only serving for six months . After his election the replaced the constituency development Fund CDF committee formed by his father and friends and relatives who miss used the funds for their selfish and personal intrests. He also started a self-styled security group to protect his political ambitions and deal ruthlessly with any opponents.
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